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* [[Wonder Woman]] was forced to give up her name and costume because her mother had a vision of her death. Her place was taken by Artemis, but in the end it was she who was killed, not Diana.
* Played straight in current [[Spider Girl]] adventures. {{spoiler|It looks like May we all know and love was beaten hard, or even killed by, Tombstone; and her crazy clone, April, has taken her place}}.
* [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Hulk]] has both subverted and played this trope straight at the same time. After ''[[World War Hulk]]'', with the Hulk {{spoiler|imprisoned by the army}}, his series was taken over by Hercules and a new series was launched with a mysterious Red Hulk as the central character. Hercules subverted the trope quickly, proving he's anything ''but'' an [[Anti-Hero]], while Red Hulk played it straight, acting like a ''total dick'' and {{spoiler|making Hulk lose his powers}}.
** Earlier on in the 80s this trope popped up, with the normal destructive but rarely malicious green Hulk being replaced by an amoral jerkass grey Hulk named Joe Fixit. Green Hulk is an anti-hero to begin with but the trope still stands as Joe Fixit is several notches down the scale. The twist is Joe Fixit is just another of Bruce Banner's repressed personalities.
* In an inverse of this trope, [[Green Lantern]] Hal Jordan inexplicably [[Face Heel Turn|turned evil]] during the ''Emerald Twilight'' arc and the role of "original hero" as described by the intro was played by his replacement Kyle Rayner.
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